Re: Mach Factor zero while system is almost idle

Hi Geert. I must recognize that your question is totally new for me. I've been working with tru64 since the 4.0D and never used the "Mach Factor" as a performance indicator. In fact, is the first time that I hear about it, and searching for information, found almost nothing.

Por que hacerlo dificil si es posible hacerlo facil? - Why do it the hard way, when you can do it the easy way?

Re: Mach Factor zero while system is almost idle

For curiosity, I checked several systems that I have access to, and my conclusion is that Mach factor should approach 1 *per CPU* on a lightly loaded system. Does your DS20 have only one CPU?

However, none of the systems I can access is running V5.1, so it's possible that something has changed in the kernel's calculation of Mach factor. There doesn't seem to be much on it; as far as I can tell, most people look at load average rather than Mach factor.